Lawsuit Accuses Colorado House Democrats of Retaliation and Politicized Workplace Oversight
By Marianne Goodland | Colorado Politics
A former legislative aide has filed a lawsuit alleging she was mistreated, illegally directed to perform campaign work and harmed by a House leadership structure she charged was fragmented, politicized and ineffective at protecting employees.
The lawsuit, filed by Jennifer Chick, names Littleton Democratic Rep. Sheila Lieder, House Speaker Julie McCluskie of Dillon and House Majority Leader Monica Duran of Wheat Ridge as co-defendants.
The lawsuit alleged that Lieder was “emboldened in her misconduct by the gratuitously complex and simultaneously ineffectual employee management system that Defendants McCluskie and Duran operated during the relevant time periods.”
The time period was from December 2022 to Aug. 13, 2024, wh...